Paper box.



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PAPER BOX.

(Application filed Apr. 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

co. vnufouma. WASNINBTON, 0 c4 UNITED STATES GEORGE E. SIMON, OFANDERSON, INDIANA,

PATENT OFFICE.

ASSIGNOR TO THE J. W. SEFTON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE ANDCHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 663,134, dated December4, 1900.

Application filed April 8, 1899. Serial No. 712,296. (No model.)

To [ti/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SIMON, a citizen of the United-States ofAmerica, residing at Anderson, in the county of Madison,

in the State of Indiana, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Paper Boxes, of which the following is a description,

' reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification.

My invention relates to that class of paper" boxes which are intended tobe stored and shipped in flat blank form and thenfolded into and securedin box form when desired for use; and it consists in the provision of [5novel means for securing the folded blank in box form, all as will behereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view ofa-shallow box or box-lid embodying my invention; Fig. 2, a perspectiveview of the devices employed at each of the four corners of the box forsecuring the sides of the box together at such corners; Fig. 3, a viewof the flat box-blank provided at its corners with the socket members ofthe corner-fasteners; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6, detail views in differentforms of the staple members of such corner-fasteners.

The same letters of reference are used to indicate corresponding partsin the several views.

My invention is more particularly designed for and applicable tobox-lids, since in a large class of boxes the lids are relied upon tohold the bodies of the boxes in box form, the present practice being tostore and ship the boxbodies in flat blank form, but to make up the lidscomplete at the factory. Under this practice the bodies of the boxes maybe stored and shipped in very compact form; but the lids, being made upcomplete at the factory, cannot be stored or shipped in flat form, andif it' be attempted to nest them in storage and shipment they becomeflared more or less, ac-

cording to the degree of nesting, and consequently do not snugly fit thebodies of the boxes when put into use.

It is the object of my invention to permit theli'ds, as well as thebodies of the boxes, to be shipped from the factory and carried in 0stock in flat form and be readily folded to and secured in lid form whendesired for use.

Fig. 3 shows the fiat blank for a square boxlid composed of the topportion A and the four sides a, which latter when bent upward at rightangles to the part A abut together at the four corners of the latter, asin Fig. 1. Secured to each of the four sides a is what may be termed thesocket member B of the fastening devices for the four corners of the boxor lid. In the present instance each of these members B consists of apiece of tin or other sheet metal bent upon itself to form two leaves I)b, adapted to fit over and embrace the ends of the sides a a andprovided with prongs or teeth b adaptedto pass into or through and beclenched upon the side at. These members B are not fitted tightlyagainst the end edges of the sides a; but, on the contrary, a slightspace is left between the end edge of the side and the middle bend ofthe member B, so that there is formed between the latter and the endedge of the side a a socket adapted to receive one prong of a couplingmember or staple C. When the sides a of the box or lid are bent up tothe position shown in Fig. 1, these staples C are inserted at the fourcorners of the box and pushed downward into the sockets formed by the.members B and serve to couple the 'sides of the box together and secureit in box or lid form, as in Fig. 1. In this manner and by these meansthe box or lid blanks maybe stored and shipped in the flat form shown inFig. 3 and be readily converted into and secured in box or lid form bythe use of the coupling members or staples C, as will be readilyunderstood. The particular form of the staples or coupling members isimmaterial, providing they serve the purpose above described, and I haveshown several slightlydiffering forms in Figs. 2, 4, 5, and 6.

While I have described -my invention as applied to paper boxes orbox-lids, and while it is broadly applicable to boxes and lids made ofpaper, (especially corrugated paper,) it will be understood that thenovelty of my invention does not relate to the material of which the boxor lid may be composed, and that consequently the scope of my inventionis not limited thereto.

I-Iaving thus fully described my invention, I claim shaped coupling-pinseach leg of'which enters one loop, substantially as described.

2. The herein-described corner-fastener for boxes and box-lids,consisting of two bent plates B having securing-prongs b and adapted toembrace the inner and outer faces of the zend of the box or box-lid sideand form loops projecting beyond the ends of the sides, and a U-shapedcoupling-pin 0 each leg of which is adapted to enter one loop,substantially as described.

GEORGE E. SIMON.

Witnesses:

EVERETTE HANNAH, D. H. DURBIN.

